FOR IM M EDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: M ARILYN THAXTON-OECONNECTION 888-776-5792, X1946 DAIM LER TRUCKS NORTH AM ERICA SELECTS OECONNECTION AS SUPPLIER OF PARTS SUPPLY NETW ORK TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS RICHFIELD, OH, October 26, 2010 – OEConnection LLC, the prem iere parts and service exchange in the autom otive industry, announced an agreem ent today with Daim ler Trucks North Am erica LLC (DTNA), the largest heavy-duty truck m anufacturer in North Am erica, to provide online supply chain and networking solutions for its U.S. and Canada dealerships. Using OEConnection’s D2DLink web-based technology, over 600 DTNA dealer locations will have a single source for locating and purchasing OE parts for DTNA’s com m ercial vehicle and engine brands, which include: Freightliner Trucks, Freightliner Custom Chassis, Thom as Built Buses, W estern Star Trucks, Sterling Trucks, and Detroit Diesel Corporation. In addition, the D2DLink network solution will encom pass Alliance Parts, DTNA’s private label brand of truck parts, accessories, and com ponents. Upon im plem entation of OEConnection solutions, DTNA dealers will have access to online parts sourcing and excess inventory reduction tools to create a parts supply network and shorten part cycle-tim es. By enabling the DTNA dealer network parts inventories to be leveraged to find needed parts, OEConnection solutions will help ensure DTNA vehicles are repaired and back on the road faster. “Daim ler Trucks North Am erica has an excellent reputation for product quality and custom er support, and we are delighted to add them to our partner portfolio," said Charles Rotuno, OEConnection president and CEO. “D2DLink, now the m ost used OE parts procurem ent tool in North Am erica, is the perfect solution to help Daim ler Trucks North Am erica dealers respond to their custom ers with greater parts accuracy and speed.” – m ore – OEConnection • 4205 Highlander Parkway • Richfield, Ohio 44286 • www.OEConnection.com • 888-776-5792 ©2010 OEConnection. All rights reserved. Daniel Haggerty, director of parts m arketing for Daim ler Trucks North Am erica, com m ented, "D2DLink is an excellent tool to ensure parts availability at the point of sale for our custom ers. This technology, which builds on m any corporate-level initiatives, should drastically im prove our off-the-shelf fill rates at the dealer level as well." John Craft, dealer principal for Cam pbell Freightliner, stated, “For the Freightliner dealer network, our investm ent in D2DLink im proves the custom er experience in our dealerships by im proving parts availability. W ith the increased availability of parts inventory our efforts should result in less down tim e and better inform ation for our custom ers.” In addition to 15 autom otive m anufacturers, Daim ler Trucks North Am erica is the second non-autom otive OEM to contract with OEConnection and its online technologies. Im plem entation of theD2DLink parts m arketing and sourcing tool is currently underway am ong DTNA dealerships. About OEConnection LLC OEConnection is the leading Online Parts & Service Exchange (OPSX) in the autom otive industry, serving over 15,000 dealerships, collision repair shops, fleets, tire distributors and m anufacturers. Custom ers use OEConnection products over 5 m illion tim es each m onth to m arket, m anage and m ove original equipm ent parts, facilitating an estim ated $12 billion in annual replacem ent parts trade. The com pany is headquartered in the greater Cleveland area at 4205 Highlander Parkway, Richfield, Ohio, 44286. Additional inform ation is available at www.oeconnection.com . About Daim ler Trucks North Am erica LLC Daim ler Trucks North Am erica LLC, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is the leading m edium - and heavy-duty truck m anufacturer in North Am erica. Daim ler Trucks North Am erica produces and m arkets Class 4-8 vehicles and is a Daim ler com pany, the world’s leading com m ercial vehicle m anufacturer. - 30 – OEConnection • 4205 Highlander Parkway • Richfield, Ohio 44286 • www.OEConnection.com • 888-776-5792 ©2010 OEConnection. All rights reserved. .